Tim's 360º Photos

Get right to the heart of the action with an astronaut's view of training. Taken by British ESA astronaut Tim Peake while preparing for his Principia mission to the International Space Station.

The 360s work on desktop but are more fun on a smartphone or tablet. And, if you have Google Cardboard, click the 'eyeball' icon for a truly immersive experience.

(See Notes below for browser compatibility)

Squeezed into the Soyuz
Tim Peake with crewmates Yuri Malenchenko and Tim Kopra training in the Soyuz simulator
Underwater spacewalker
Poolside with Tim as he prepares for a day's training at NASA's Neutral Buoyancy Lab
Yuri Gagarin's House
Home of the first man in space at Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Russian ISS modules
Tim looks around replicas of the Russian sections of the International Space Station
Astronaut checklist
Tim (seated right), Yuri Malenchenko and Tim Kopra get hands-on with the Soyuz manual
Inside the Space Station
Tim is a European astronaut, but trained in the Russian ISS replica too
Taking the plunge
Astronauts Tim Kopra and Tim Peake, about to be lowered into the spacewalk training pool
Spaceman changing room
Tim Peake, Yuri Malenchenko and Tim Kopra are helped out of their Sokul spacesuits
Space station on Earth
A sense of the scale of the International Space Station – these are just the Russian parts
Selfie then interview
The BBC Horizon team have followed Tim's astronaut training for over 18 months
Underwater viewing room
The control room at NASA's Neutral Buoyancy Lab as Tim trains for a spacewalk
Real rocket monument
A Soyuz rocket monument at Russia's Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan

NOTES

Browser compatibility
All recent versions of Chrome, Safari, Firefox or Opera; Internet Explore 11 or higher on mobile and desktop devices

Google Cardboard icon on mobile
Click the icon that appears to make the image compatible with Google Cardboard for an immersive VR experience

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